Sunday Service: Spring cleaning, Spring giving

While I enjoy a few days of R&R, here is a timely re-post from the start of Spring last year… Spring officially began [this week.].  As the temperatures warm up, windows open, trees bud and flowers bloom, thoughts turn to… Spring cleaning? Yes!   Why...

Sunday Service – The Ireland Fund

St. Patrick’s Day might be over, but you can continue to honor your Irish heritage by supporting The Ireland Funds, “the global Irish making a difference together.”  In addition to eleven other worldwide Ireland Fund organizations, the largest is...

Sunday Service – Kiva

There are people all over the world who, while living in impoverished conditions, see a way out with an inspired entrepreneurial idea.  These people are willing to work hard to farm or weave or fish or build, but don’t have the resources to get even the smallest...

Thank you Thursday

I had another post ready to go today, expressing gratitude that student activism is alive and well.  This was in response to seeing high school students jumping into the election fray to help get a budget issue passed in a local school district.  I really was thankful...

Sunday Service – Red Cross Tornado Response

Continuing a nearly seventy year tradition, the President issued a proclamation declaring March to be American Red Cross month.  How incredible then that, just three days in to the month, the organization’s disaster services are desperately needed. The Red Cross...